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Kelvin

I heard Choi Hung Estate and Ping Shek Estate were very popular among airport staffs. How did you apply for them?

Lam Kwok Choi

Choi Hung Estate was opened earlier. Many of us applied for it, and the Housing Authority gave priority to airport staffs.

Lau Yee Kow

HAECO staff apply for housings in Choi Hung and Ping Shek

Choi Hung Estate was opened five years earlier than Ping Shek. We knew of the application, and we flocked to apply for them. Application was easy. We didn’t even have to fill up a form; we simply wrote down our name, family members, occupation and income. Then they did some verification. They came to your flat to look over your living condition, that is, to confirm you were living in a small flat. I rented a space in Lion Rock Road at that time, and there were 4 or 5 family tenants in a flat. They gave you the house as long as you passed the inspection.

Lee Ping

Residents are moving in the newly constructed Choi Hung Estate

I moved into it (Choi Hung Estate) in 1962. I did all the paperwork and paid for a month’s rental, and the next day I had already moved in. My flat was the only occupied one among the 40 flats. Soon after I moved in, there came Typhoon Wanda.

There was no air cargo terminal at Kai Tak Airport before the 1970s. The apron l outside the HAECO hangars was used as the freighter parking area at that time. In the background, Choi Hong Estate had been recently constructed, while Ping Shek Estate was still under construction.

In the distance is the newly built Choi Hung Estate outside HAECO.

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